Nuggets make late push for Thomas, but ultimately stand pat

CLEVELAND — “We like our team,” Mark Warkentien said yesterday, and a day later, he’s still got that team — currently No. 2 in the West. The Nuggets didn’t make a trade today as the deadline expired a few minutes ago. The Nuggets did make a push today for Tyrus Thomas, a NBA source said, while trying to trade a future first-rounder, but the Bulls ultimately opted for a deal with Charlotte. The Nuggets do have the $1.99 million biannual exception they could use on an available signee by March 1, but there aren’t many viable options right now.

Well I guess time will tell if we can get to the finals with the group we have. I have my doubts, another big man would have been nice – I guess it could still happen before March 1st with the trade exception of @ 2 mil. However, if one of our big men goes down (Nene, Kmart, Birdman), it will be over for us but hopefully they will stay healthy as we go into the playoffs. Really don't want to finish 2nd to the Lakers again.

Joe

Well I guess time will tell if we can get to the finals with the group we have. I have my doubts, another big man would have been nice – I guess it could still happen before March 1st with the trade exception of @ 2 mil. However, if one of our big men goes down (Nene, Kmart, Birdman), it will be over for us but hopefully they will stay healthy as we go into the playoffs. Really don't want to finish 2nd to the Lakers again.

Chris Dempsey arrived at The Denver Post in Dec. 2003 after seven years at the Boulder Daily Camera, where he primarily covered the University of Colorado football and men's basketball teams. A University of Colorado-Boulder alumnus, Dempsey covers the Nuggets and also chips in on college sports.

Nicki Jhabvala is the Sports Digital News Editor for The Denver Post. Before arriving in Denver, she spent five years at Sports Illustrated working primarily as its online NBA editor, and she was most recently the overnight home page editor at the New York Times.